Reading Sanjay Subrahmanyam’s response (“A guru and his followers”, The Telegraph, August 8) to my two-part article has left me feeling more puzzled and less enlightened than before. My article was written not so much to take sides as to consi... | Read..

He comes to us as One Unknown, without a name, as of old, by the lakeside. He came to those who knew Him not.He speaks to us the same word: ‘Follow thou me!’ and sets us to the tasks which He has to fulfil for our time. He commands. And to those who obey Him, whether they be wise or simple, He will reveal Himself in the toils, the conflicts, the sufferings which they shall pass through His fellowship, and, as ineffable mystery, they shall learn in their own experience who He is. — ALBERT SCHWEITZER